From retinal waves to activity-dependent retinogeniculate map development.

A neural model is described of how spontaneous retinal waves are formed in infant mammals, and how these waves organize activity-dependent development of a topographic map in the lateral geniculate nucleus, with connections from each eye segregated into separate anatomical layers. The model simulate...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Markowitz, Yongqiang Cao, Stephen Grossberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3289626?pdf=render